| Description |
159 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Chapter I is a revised version of an article that originally appeared in Texas studies in literature and language ... 19, no. 1 [Spring 1977] : 1-23." |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 149-156. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Never mind that the nag's a pile of bones: the contemporary American comic novel and the comic tradition -- Dwarfed into dignity: John Barth's The floating opera -- Rarer action: John Hawkes's Second skin -- No harm in smiling: Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita -- What laughter can do: Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest -- Great American game: Robert Coover's The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, prop. -- No more happy endings. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Humorous stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Humorous stories, American. |
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Literary form -- History -- 20th century.
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Literary form. |
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History. |
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Comic, The.
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Comic, The. |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Wallace, Ronald. Last laugh. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 1979 (OCoLC)644587658 |
| ISBN |
0826202748 |
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9780826202741 |
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